Generation meaning

What does “generation” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“generation” is a noun with 7 meanings. Its most common meaning is: all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age.

generation

all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
Synonymscoevals contemporaries
group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
the normal time between successive generations
“they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade”
a stage of technological development or innovation
“the third generation of computers”
a coming into being
Synonymsgenesis
the production of heat or electricity
“dams were built for the generation of electricity”
the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
Synonymsmultiplication propagation

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University